Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 212William Blackwood, 1922 - England |
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... course , never seen a white man , regarded approach from the west by the Cuyuwini river as the only possible access to their country , and believed that supernatural ter- rors as well as natural obstacles barred the Essequebo to human ...
... course , never seen a white man , regarded approach from the west by the Cuyuwini river as the only possible access to their country , and believed that supernatural ter- rors as well as natural obstacles barred the Essequebo to human ...
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... course , no road in the Pomeroon district , so that the river is the only highway . Hence the inhabitants learn to use their corials with a won- derful ease and dexterity . The smallest children handle these canoes with a skill that ...
... course , no road in the Pomeroon district , so that the river is the only highway . Hence the inhabitants learn to use their corials with a won- derful ease and dexterity . The smallest children handle these canoes with a skill that ...
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... the officer in charge of the road construction , followed in a mule cart . Wheeled traffic is , of course , a novelty in the It was exhilarating after days spent cooped up in boats 1922. ] 17 An Odyssey of Fourteen Rivers .
... the officer in charge of the road construction , followed in a mule cart . Wheeled traffic is , of course , a novelty in the It was exhilarating after days spent cooped up in boats 1922. ] 17 An Odyssey of Fourteen Rivers .
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... course up the Aruka for another thirteen miles , after which we turned off into its tributary the Aruau . These two rivers are very simi- lar ; their calm deep streams have few windings , and from time to time the blue hills glance down ...
... course up the Aruka for another thirteen miles , after which we turned off into its tributary the Aruau . These two rivers are very simi- lar ; their calm deep streams have few windings , and from time to time the blue hills glance down ...
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... course , he must be alone . The second one seemed the very thing . A small ketch of about five tons , with a cock- pit aft leading into quite a roomy little cabin . She was comparatively new , too - five years , and was lined with teak ...
... course , he must be alone . The second one seemed the very thing . A small ketch of about five tons , with a cock- pit aft leading into quite a roomy little cabin . She was comparatively new , too - five years , and was lined with teak ...
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